A Journey Through My Days: On Procrastinating

mellindor (48)in #blogpost • 5 years ago (edited)

Have you been this kind of a person who procrastinates a lot; and then, when the dead line comes close, panics and starts to work like crazy, just to finish the project on time?

Story of my life. It goes something like that:

- - -
‒ Oh, look, a new project! This time I'm going to spread out the work evenly and I won't get stressed at the end.
‒ Oh, so there's enough time then? Let's watch a movie.
‒ But I have to draw now!
‒ Yeah, no, you'll do it later. Let's rearrange the wardrobe instead.
‒ But the deadline is coming REALLY close now!
‒ Don't worry so much. Now, let's volunteer for this Harry Potter event.
‒ Well, all right but then I'm starting drawing.
‒ Yeah, yeah. Oh, look, a new movie came out!
‒ ...
‒ (does everything but working)
‒ Ahem!
‒ What? Don't you like how I cleaned the house?
‒ Tomorrow. The deadline is tomorrow.
‒ What?! But we're not ready!!!
‒ Oh, really? You don't say!
‒ WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?! WE'RE NOT READY!!!
‒ Start drawing and don't sleep?
‒ AAAAAAAHHHH! (drawing, crying, having head and wrist ache)
‒ OK, we're ready now. Phew!
‒ But I don't like some of the stuff we put up...
‒ Well, there's no time to correct it. What's done is done.
‒ (sulking)
‒ Oh, look, a new project! This time I'm going to spread out the work evenly and I won't get stressed at the end.
- - -

So, are you the procrastinating type? And how do YOU cope with the stress? :)

P.S. This is one of the illustrations I made for a client's story book. Look forward to the other ones in the coming days.

#art #procrastinating #ajourneythroughmydays

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manoldonchev (69) 5 years ago

Tell her it's a good idea to use specific tags and use her limit of 5 tags to the full.
Now?
Well, let's not put pressure on the new recruit. We can tell her later.
But isn't it efficient to give it your all from the start?
I wouldn't know that.
Anyway, You better do it now, while we're on the topic. Otherwise you might forget for another week.
Perhaps so. What tags?
Something generic like #art - a large category there and it shows on the first page.
Who cares about the first page anymore?
I don't know, other visitors not deep in their own ****?
Right, what else?
Some artists'community tag.
I don't know those.
Ask @veryspider or @scrawly, they will know.
I could just take a look at their posts, right?
Sure... then why don't you?
Easier to procrastinate.
Well, then, we're done for.
Yeah, I guess...

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scrawly (66) 5 years ago

I've done this on all my projects... maybe even everyday ^^;;;;.

I probably should take some time management or discipline class, but even this might be another procrastination tactics XD.

The picture is very appropriate for the topic :).

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mellindor (48) 5 years ago

Thank you!
If you do get this time management class, do tell how it went :-) I'm curious if these things even work on folks like us who are too deep in the procrastination hole :-)

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